Performing Basic Image Manipulation

Conclusion

In this chapter, I discussed some the basic image manipulations that you can perform with ImageMagick. All these transformations involve changing the size of images—be that making them larger or smaller. I also talked about the differences between raster and vector images and about some of the issues associated with resizing raster images.

In the next chapter, you’ll look at how to change the file format used to store an image, how to change the parameters used by the compression algorithm used for a given image, and how to change other metadata associated with the image. In later chapters, I’ll discuss other interesting topics such as the artistic transformations that you can apply to images, how to create images from scratch with ImageMagick drawing commands, and how to handle animations.